Speakers

Maxim van Damme

Maxim van Damme

Yacht is a Randstad company, a global leader in recruitment and human resource solutions. Founded in the Netherlands in 1960, Yacht provides employment opportunities for 576,000 people every day. The company now employs more than 29,000 people and is active in over 40 countries

Wieke Dijkstra

YachtYacht

Wieke Dijkstra

Yacht is a Randstad company, a global leader in recruitment and human resource solutions. Founded in the Netherlands in 1960, Yacht provides employment opportunities for 576,000 people every day. The company now employs more than 29,000 people and is active in over 40 countries

Jasper Hormann

CCO SungevitySungevity

Jasper Hormann

Sungevity is a solar electricity company based in Oakland, California. Founded in 2007, Sungevity uses a proprietary Remote Solar Design tool to offer a quote and system design options without visiting the home.

Willem Kesteloo

in CFO & Co-Founder PHYSEEPHYSEE

Willem Kesteloo

PHYSEE is most known for their future-proof glass facades for the next generation sustainable buildings, SmartSkin. Buildings with SmartSkin glass can autonomously power, sense and regulate their climate and even generate their own energy. PHYSEE is leading the way in the journey to develop energy neutral buildings

Noortje Kallen

SteelScoutSteelScout

Noortje Kallen

A little over a year ago two new digital businesses were launched in the UK, aiming to unlock value in the smaller end user steel market. Metalhub and SteelScout, two Tata-owned ventures use two different business models to bring digital technology into metal buying and selling. Metalhub is a marketplace open 24-7, providing customers instant prices and lead-times from a range of independent sellers. SteelScout collates customer needs and takes care of the sourcing process through its large network of digitally connected suppliers.

Laurens van Nues

Founder Magnet.meMagnet.me

Laurens van Nues

Magnet.me is an online network, which helps students, graduates and young professionals to find their dream job or internship. It is one of the fastest growing tech scale ups in the Netherlands. More than 2000 companies and over 200.000 job seekers have signed up for the network. Magnet.me is also active in the UK and was awarded the 2016 Department of International Trade Investment Award for Best New Entrant to the UK.

Ronald Plasterk

Ronald Plasterk

Ronald Plasterk is currently founder/CEO of Frame Cancer Therapeutics, and professor at the Amsterdam UMC. He will share his perspective and experiences on the start of a biotech/pharma company,and more specifically the way this is often approached for spin-outs from the many excellent academic centres in the Netherlands.

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Mars Geuze

Mars Geuze

No boundaries, no limitations... Imagine a world where distance do not matter. A world where you can live, work, and be with everyone and everything you care about. What is, for now, a concept will tomorrow be reality. We don’t believe in the things that slow us down, separate us, and divide us from who we truly are. We believe in the power of connection – the recipe for a free humanity. No boundaries, no limitations. Welcome to Hardt

Marjam Bahari

Marjam Bahari

Founded in 1998, it’s first server made of Lego and its sole product being a new way to search the web, these days you will have to try your hardest to find someone who hasn’t heard about Google. Today, with more than 60,000 employees in 50 different countries, Google makes hundreds of products used by billions of people across the globe, from YouTube and Android to Smartbox and, of course, Google Search.

Martijn van Rheenen

FounderMomentum Capital

Martijn van Rheenen

Martijn van Rheenen (Harlingen, 1977) is investor, entrepreneur and keynote speaker. As founder of private equity firm Momentum Capital (€500 mio. invested) he ventured a series of successful companies in a variety of industries. Martijn specialises in validating and scaling concepts and companies. As speaker he helps answering the essential question: What problem are you solving?

Marieke Boudeling

AssociateSpring Associates

Marieke Boudeling

Spring Associates was founded in 2005 with a vision on sustainability and an entrepreneurial mind set. The core team consists of 20 analytical professionals. We built an extensive network with (energy) corporates, PE- and VC funds, entrepreneurs, NGOs and research institutes. We craft future-proof strategies for top-tier international clients.

Programme

This year, the Tata Steel Symposium is themed: “Intrapreneurship –the road to 2050 starts with you” and will be strongly focused on the development and implementation of new initiatives within established organisations. The Symposium will take place at the congress centre of Tata Steel IJmuiden.

Prior to the event, a site visit to our Hot Strip Mill is arranged for young professionals of other companies. The Symposium itself will start at 10.15 with a welcome note followed by plenary and break-out sessions.

During the Symposium break-out sessions, you will be working on different phases of product development: ‘Idea Generation’ and ‘Minimal Viable Product’. Working in groups, you will be concentrating on one out of the following four different perspectives:

The last phase of product development: ‘Embedding & Validation’, will be discussed plenary after which the day will be concluded with a panel discussion led by a guest speaker. You will find your assigned break-out perspective in your personal scheme at the website (after login) or on your name badge.

The event will close at 16.50 with time for networking and socializing.

The dress-code of the day is Smart Casual.

08:00 - 09:45

Reception & Site visit (optional)

09:30 - 10:00

Welcome

10:00 - 10:20

Opening

10:20 - 11:05

Plenary sessions

11:15 - 12:30

Break Out 1 - Idea Generation

12:30 - 13:10

Lunch

13:20 - 13:55

Plenary sessions

14:00 - 15:15

Break Out 2 - Minimal Viable Product

15:15 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 15:55

Embedding & Validation

16:00 - 16:50

Panel Discussion

16:50 - 17:00

Closure

17:00 - 18:30

Drinks

Join us into our journey to 2050

Location

Tata Steel

Wenckebachstraat 1, 1951 JZ Velsen-NoordCongress Centre (2H-27)

ABOUT THE MAGNET

The Magnet is a community of young professionals at Tata Steel Europe. It is a company wide network that offers a variety of events ranging from international trips and conferences to local events.